, 1887-07-16
A DARK RULER.
Queen Kapiolini of the Sandwich
Islands in Town.
An lnterView With the Commander
of the HaWaiin Army.
The Weakness of KaIakaua and
ViIIany of Minister Gibson.

Queen Kapiolini, of the Sandwich Is
lands or Hawaii, and her suite of eight
persons, including four servants, occu-
pied a Wagner palace car attached to the
westbound train last evening and at
tracted a great deal of attention during
their stay of thirty minutes in this city.
The queen does not receive reporters
and as she speaks very little English
would not prove a very profitable subject
for an interview. A LEADER representa-
tive succeeded in securing a short audi
epce with Gen. Dominis, commander in
chief of the Hawaiin army, and from
that gentleman, who originally hailed
from New York, CLEANED some interest
Jug information.
I'VE have had a very pleasant trip"
remarked the chief military officer of the
kingdom. 1.-THE party consists of the
queen, her sister, the princess, to whom
l am married, Governor E. L. Iaukea,
the kings chamberlain, Col. Boyd, aide
de-camp, and myself. We spent some
time in Boston and New York, in both of
which cities the entire party was enter
tanned in royal style by society leaders.
In our journey across the continent we
encountered excessively warm weather
until to-day, but heat has no terror for
residents of the island. We will arrive
at San Francisco on the 10th inst, and
Immediately board a steamer for Homo
lulu, reaching home on or about July 25
if no unforeseen accidents occur"
Can you tell me anything concerning
the ruptures which have occurred in the
kingdom since your departure, general?"
inquired the reporter.
Very little. We know scarcely any
more than has appeared in the daily pa
pers, though of course being thoroughly
acquainted with all the operating infuen
ces can surmise the particulars of the affair.
Kalakaua ia a weak man and. one easily
led. The queen, the princess, myself,
and in fact everyone who knows him are
~cognizant of the fact that he can be easily
led into almost any kind of questionable
or unquestionable transaction if properly
handled. Personally | haven't the re-
hottest doubt of the accuracy of the re-
port touching upon his dealings with
opium traders. The methods mentioned
are very characteristic of the man. Gibson
is a villain who would hesitate at nothing
to furthar hic priyota ;ntoroe.. I.
wonder that he has not been a%ssassinated
years ago. The friendship OF Kalakaua is
all that has saved the miserable ours life.
So unpopular is the man that he was con-
stantly hooted whenever he had the cour-
age to appear upon the streets, which was
very seldom, [ assure you. Why, the
queen, the princess and my wife actually
wept when they read a denial of
the report of Gibson's death, and neither
Of the ladies would have the hardihood to
kill a chicken. The Chinese have at
times gained almost complete control of the
government by bl.bing Kalakaua and Glib
SON., while the great San Francisco sugar
syndicate at times employs a majority of
the inhabitants of the country, and by
presenting them with a few cents each
and a liberal allowance OF whisky succeed
in popularizing the company to the ex-
tent that the authority of the government
is secondary to that of the corporation.
1t is my honest belief that in the course
Of say 100 or $50 years there will not be a
native resident of Hawaii. The race will
die out in one grand debauch. Chinese
opium and American whisky will cause
the extinction of what was at one time a
race of industrious and simple minded
hunters and tillers of the soil.
mo; | can't present you to the queen;
she speaks no language but her native
tongue, and is adverse to being qulzzed by
reporters, said Gen. Dominis, in reply
to a modest request made by THE LEADER
man to the effect thaU he be introduced to
her royal highness. you can view her,
however, to your hearts content; there
she sits, She has been listening to our
entire conversation"
The reporter was paralyzed, but soon
recovered himself sufficiently to gaze at
the great She who had been lionized
and almost wOrshipped at the great social
centers of the East. Queen Kapiolini is
the color of the American darkey denomi-
mated "mulatto," rather handsome for
her age, 50 years, inclined to corpulency,
not highly educated or refined, but still
ladylike and intelligent. She was attired
in an ordinary travelling dress of a black
fabric. The lady employs her leisure
hours with fancy needle work, in which
art she is an adept. The article upon
which she was engaged appeared to be a
table scarf of green wool, and she was
decorating it with honeysuckles and for
get me-nots.
Let mt detain you a moment" re-
marked General Dominl as the reporter
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